Virgin Orbit Kicks Off 2022 Launch Manifest

Irene Klotz January 14, 2022
Virgin
A view of LauncherOne from aboard the Cosmic Girl carrier aircraft.
Credit: Virgin Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL—Hours after SpaceX delivered a batch of satellites into polar orbits from Florida—previously an exclusive West Coast route—Virgin Orbit pulled off the reverse feat: deploying its customers’ spacecraft into 45-deg. inclination orbits from the California-launched LauncherOne rocket. “It...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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